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catathrenia

catathrenia noun: groaning while falling asleep or while sleeping.

Noun

catathrenia (uncountable)

  1. Groaning while falling asleep or while sleeping.

Origin of catathrenia

Catathrenia (from the Greek kata, meaning “below”, and threnia, meaning “to lament”)

Questions about catathrenia

What does catathrenia mean?
Catathrenia means groaning while falling asleep or while sleeping.
What part of speech is catathrenia?
Catathrenia is a noun.

Words near catathrenia in the dictionary

  1. catataxis
  2. catatectic
  3. catathermometer
  4. catathermometers
  5. catathesis
  6. catathrenia
  7. catatonia
  8. catatoniac
  9. catatoniacs
  10. catatonias
  11. catatonic

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